Immigration and Schooling

A volume in Critical Constructions: Studies on Education and SocietySeries Editor: Curry Stephenson Malott West Chester University of PennsylvaniaAt the time of Obama's draconian anti-immigrant policies leading to massivedeportation of undocumented poor immigrants of color there could not be amore timely and important book than this edited volume which criticallyexamines ways in which immigration race class language and gender issuesintersect and impact the life of many immigrants including immigrant students.This book documents the journey many success-stories as well as stories that expose social inequity in schoolsand U.S. society. Further this book examines issues of social inequity and resource gaps shaping the relationsbetween affluent and poor-working class students including students of color. Authors in this volume alsocritically unpack anti-immigrant policies leading to the separation of families and children. Equally importantcontributors to this book unveil ways and degree to which xenophobia and linguicism have affected immigrantsincluding immigrant students and faculty of color in both subtle and overt ways and the manner in which manyhave resisted these forms of oppression and affirmed their humanity. Lastly chapters in this much-needed andwell-timed volume have pointed out the way racism has limited life chances of people of color includingstudents of color preventing many of them from fulfilling their potential succeeding in schools and society atlarge.